M-16 is not working in Iraq...

[Yahoshua]

Originally Posted by Bort

That pic is pretty funny, but as to the title of the thread (and what I thought it was going to be about) the US does need a modern and reliable rifle to replace the M-16, preferably firing the new 6.8mm round.

The M-16 will do the job, but they need to replace the gas pulse system with a gas piston system. The latter is more dirt-tolerant and more reliable than the gas pulse system now in place. And I agree with changing the calibers from 5.56 to 6.8 SPC, though I doubt the army will do that as the U.S. was the nation that pushed hardest for the 5.56 to become the NATO standard cartridge.